A friend of mine (she’s a school psychologist) and I were just discussing this yesterday. She was horrified at the anti-psychotic medications being prescribed to Kindergarteners and 1st graders. Society/schools expect children to sit quietly for hours on end and just work. IMHO there isn’t enough play time built into the school day for kids to be kids. Problem is when kids start trying to behave like normal kids they are getting put on psychotropic medications. I fear for the long range impact these drugs are going to have on these kids.
Exactly, the problem is most of the parents are also on mind altering drugs, it’s become normal to take anti-depressants, Ambien, or some other mind-altering drug.
We are rapidly moving into a 2nd or 3rd generation of Americans who think it’s normal to take mind-altering drugs to cope with life, instead of growing a set of balls and dealing with life, they take the easy way out and get high every day to deal with life.
It’s especially hard on young boys, who are by nature rambunctious, they are told early on they are racist, sexual predators and probably need to change their sex to female, it’s not surprise they are screwed up and shoot up schools, etc...